(July 10, 2012 at 7:16 pm)Drich Wrote: A livable wage is being able to pay for a place to live food to eat and the day to day needs one must have just to survive.
And who should determine what is a "livable wage"? You? Because if a wage truly isn't "livable", then either no one will work at that job or people will need to work at multiple jobs. Which I have done in my life.
Quote: You know, things a slave owner was bound by the Law of God to provide
And you can prove that this law was handed down by "God"?
Quote:In your world it is ok to give less to a man than a biblical slave would be entitled to
"Give"? Since when do employers "give" anything? They provide their employees with what has been earned. And what they earn is proportional to what they produce. Do you expect an employer to pay $20 an hour when the employee produces work that is worth $10 an hour?
But let's go along with what you're saying.... We can "give" all workers a bare bones living space with no electricity or plumbing. They can get scraps of food that are deemed inedible by the higher classes and they will work from dawn to dusk with no holidays, vacations, sick days or time off. Oh, and they'll also get no paycheck. After all, this is what a "biblical slave" would be entitled to. Right?
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
